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  1. 4th September 2011, 11:58 #1
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    Default A curious gravestone

    At St Peter and St Paul's Church, Old Brampton, Derbyshire. What's happened here? The Ns in 'In' and 'Millington' are back-to-front! Those two words also look like they were cut a little deeper or sharper.

    Did the stonemason leave those two words to his apprentice after he'd inscribed all the others? Did he sack the apprentice when he saw his mistakes?
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    Default Re: A curious gravestone

    "We don't stop playing because we grow old,
    we grow old because we stop playing"
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    Default Re: A curious gravestone

    It was probably a case of dyslexia except they didn't know what that was back then.
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